In 1977 Jay enrolled at the University of Missouri at Kansas City. His degree program was Guitar Performance. He studied classical guitar for three years with well-known guitarist and Christopher Parkening protege, Douglas Niedt. In 1979 Jay began studying with John Elliott, a legend among Kansas City jazz musicians. He studied with John for seven years, up to Feb. of '86. All during this period Jay was playing full-time, six nights a week, fifty weeks a year. Lots of road work, mostly in the mid-west.

In 1986, tired of the roadwork and needing to be at home with his growing family, Jay started concentrating on building up a student load that would support them and keep him off the road. In a very short time he was teaching 80+ students a week and still performing locally 2 or 3 times a week. He also began accumulating recording equipment and has been releasing tapes and CDs of his own music since 1991 on his own record label, Music Room Records.

Jay has opened for or backed up many national and international acts including The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Spirit, The Impressions and R Kelly. He works occasionally with Grammy-nominee Smooth Jazz artist Max Groove. In the late '80's and early "90's, he was in 2 different versions of Mahogany led by famed jazz vocalist Kevin Mahogany who is now a world-renowned recording artist and vocal instructor at Berklee College of Music in Boston.

1991 - Released "Industrial Moon" - guitar oriented instrumental music that's stylistically varied.

1993 - Released "Waiting" - Contemporary Christian music.

1999 - Released "Soundtracks". This CD is the sound track to a slide show on video called "Warbonnetts on the High Iron." This video is a documentary on the Santa Fe Railroad from Northern Missouri to the end of the line in California and was released in 1997. For information on the video contact White River Productions at keudaly@cvalley.net.

Also in 1999 Jay released a series of method books for guitar, "Vertical Truth - Chordal Mechanisms for the Guitar." He is currently building a national network of teachers who are using his books. For more information go to www.masterguitar.com.

2001 saw the release of "Channeling Harold." This CD is classic Hammond Organ Trio style Jazz and features Hammond Organist Rich VanSant. To listen to audio &/or purchase "Channeling Harold" go to: www.cdbaby.com/eudaly2

Today Jay continues to perform, teach, write and record as a respected member of the Kansas City musical community. He performs every Saturday afternoon with Mama Ray and the Rich VanSant band hosting the longest running Kansas City jam session in existence. He is featured on many cuts of that band's 1997 release "Jam!" recorded live at Harling's Upstairs. He performs several times a week as a freelance guitarist/singer in and around the Kansas City area. He continues to write and record out of his home studio doing soundtrack and instrumental work for clients nation-wide. He is also very much in demand as a teacher and is currently teaching 60 to 70 students per week.

You can reach him at his teaching studio at (913) 541-1863 or e-mail him from this site.

Jay EuDaly lives in Kansas City, Mo. with his wife Andrea and their 5 children and he gets to play the guitar all day - every day.

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